Applications must be submitted online through the Center for Scholarship Administration (CSA) website. There are three steps to complete the application:

1. Click the "create application" button below to answer the prequalifying questions. When you submit these, it will automatically take you to the profile page.
2. Create or update your profile. Save and continue to the online application.
3. Complete the online application. A confirmation email will be sent when the online portion of your application is complete. Applicant should contact CSA if a confirmation email is not received.
4. Mail in, or email, the packet of additional required materials. See "What constitutes a complete application" below.
If you need assistance,please email: .

* Applicants must be high student seniors.
* Applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA 2.0 on a 4.0 scale.
* Applicants must be from Wake, Wayne or Brunswick County.
* Applicants must demonstrate financial need.
* Applicants must have been enrolled in the local high school full time during his or her junior and senior year.
* Applicant must have demonstrated sincere interest in, and commitment to, pursue higher education.
* Applicants must have demonstrated interest in enhancing personal potential.
* Applicants must demonstrate traits of high personal character and leadership.
* Applicants may attend any accredited two-year or four-year college or university.

The deadline for submission of all information (including the online Application) is . Materials must be mailed in ONE envelope to William Gaston Allen Scholarship, 4320 Wade Hampton Boulevard, Suite G, Taylors, SC 29687.

Once an applicant has applied online and submitted the Application they will receive an email immediately letting them know their application has been received and reminding them to submit by mail the remaining items required to complete the application. Failure to provide the additional materials within the designated time frame will result in an "incomplete" application. Incomplete applications will not be considered for scholarships.

You must submit the following additional materials:

• Signed Student Authorization and Acknowledgements Form, found in the online application, signed by the scholarship candidate.
Download the Student Authorization and Acknowledgements Form.

• Official transcript with grades and cumulative GPA posted through the latest semester.

• Submit a SIGNED LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION from a teacher or professor.

• Signed list of academic honors, leadership skills, community service, etc.

• Submit PERSONAL STATEMENT/ESSAY. Submit a one-page signed personal statement regarding your sincere interest in, and commitment to, pursue higher education.

• Due to FAFSA reporting delays, we have modified the scholarship requirements for your application.
In order to be considered for this scholarship, please:
Submit a SIGNED copy of parents` FEDERAL TAX FORM 1040 (pages one and two only) for the latest year these forms were actually filed. In case of divorced parents, only the custodial parent`s (and current spouse's if remarried) financial information will be required. If you have already submitted your FAFSA submission summary, please submit your FEDERAL TAX FORM 1040 in order to be considered

The number of recipients and the amount of each scholarship may vary from year to year due to fluctuations in the Fund's value and/or applicable document restrictions. Subject to the trust terms, the awards will be applied to the cost of tuition, fees, books and supplies and should not exceed these costs.

The recipients may attend any accredited two-year or four-year college, university, technical, trade or professional school in any field of study leading to a degree, diploma or certificate, provided the institution meets the criteria in the following paragraph.

The institution must be an educational organization that normally maintains a regular faculty and curriculum and normally has a regularly enrolled body of pupils or students in attendance at the place where its educational activities are regularly carried on. To the extent the institution is involved in the selection of the recipients (if at all), such involvement must comply with the Fund's policy of awarding scholarships on an objective and non-discriminatory basis as well as the Fund's Conflict of Interest Policy.

Extenuating circumstances requiring a student to sit out a semester must be explained in writing to CSA. You will be notified of the final decision. If a recipient is out for a semester and doesn`t receive approval, then that semester is forfeited.

The Scholarship Selection Committee shall consist of the CSA committee.

The Scholarship Selection Committee shall give consideration to the respective ability, academic merit, educational goals, career ambitions, and the relative financial need of the applicants as deemed appropriate by the Committee. This is a competitive scholarship program. Scholarships shall be awarded on an objective and non-discriminatory basis, with neither race, creed, color, sex, age, religion, national origin nor disability being considered. Selections are based on information received from the application and the additional materials received by the deadline.

All applicants will be notified in writing by email, whether or not they have been selected to receive a scholarship. Those students selected will download a package from their online account that includes a scholarship agreement and information about the scholarship terms.

Scholarships may be renewed on an annual basis for up to three additional years (or until the bachelor's degree is obtained, whichever is earlier) provided they maintain their undergraduate status and a cumulative GPA of 2.0 on a scale of 4.0.

A GPA falling below the required minimum at the end of ANY semester WILL result in the loss of the scholarship.

Grade reports will be required at the end of the Fall Semester. The grade report must include the name of the student and the name of the college. It is the responsibility of the recipient to request the grade report.

In the event of serious malfeasance, breach of traditional conduct, failure to provide requested materials, or conduct involving moral turpitude, a scholarship may be terminated at any time within the discretion of the Scholarship Selection Committee and concurrence of the Trustee, whose decisions shall be final and binding.

Subject to the terms of the Fund's governing documents, applicable law, and Internal Revenue Service requirements, these operating procedures may be amended at any time by the Trustee in its discretion. Any modifications or changes shall be furnished to the members of the Scholarship Selection Committee then serving.